The Day in Photos (July 29, 2011)

GERMANY - People walk on the 'Slinky springs to fame' bridge in Oberhausen. The new bridge over the Rhine-Herne canal by German artist Tobias Rehberger is 406 meter long and a new landmark at the Ruhr region.

CHINA - Participants wearing cosplay outfit featuring as animation characters blow bubbles on the first day of the annual Comics Festival and Game Fair in Hong Kong.

INDIA - A man checks the authenticity of a U.S. bank note at a currency exchange counter in New Delhi. The White House said President Barack Obama will make a statement on the status of talks on raising the country's borrowing authority to avoid a devastating U.S. default.

INDIA - Vendors use a plastic sheet to shelter themselves from the rain in Jammu. Monsoon rains, that lash from June to September, are considered crucial for farmers whose crops feed millions of people.

BRAZIL - Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez, right, and President Dilma Rousseff pose for pictures during a welcoming ceremony at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia. Fernandez is on a one-day visit.

BRAZIL - A soldier, member of the presidential guard, looks on as he is pictured through a window glass before the arrival of Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia. Fernandez is on a one-day visit.

BRAZIL - Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez, right, and President Dilma Rousseff speak during a welcoming ceremony at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia. Fernandez is on a one-day visit.

ENGLAND - Zara Phillips, eldest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth and former international rugby player Mike Tindall outside Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh, for the rehearsal of their wedding which will take place Saturday. A regal supporting cast is expected as the queen leads her extended brood to Edinburgh, Scotland for the private festivities. Prince William and Kate Middleton, now the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, are expected, along with Prince Harry (still single) and bright lights from Britain's sports and show business worlds.

KENYA - Habiba Dubow's, holds the hand of her son Abdirahman Mohamed, who is one year old and weighs 4.5 kilograms, as he receives treatment at the International Rescue Committee, IRC, clinic in the town of Dadaab. The hospital is just one of three treating Somalis refugees in Dadaab camp. Most of the children are also suffering from pneumonia and other diseases after hunger weakened their immune systems.

TEXAS - A U.S. Marshal stands guard at a security gate as a black van carrying AWOL soldier Pfc. Naser Abdo leaves a United States Federal Courthouse in Waco. Abdo is accused of plotting an attack on Fort Hood with a bomb in backpack.

NEW YORK - Trader Warren Meyers works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

WASHINGTON DC - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., talks to reporters as he walks to his office on Capitol Hill.

WASHINGTON DC - House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., is pursued by reporters as he walks to a caucus meeting on Capitol Hill.

WASHINGTON DC - House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks to a caucus meeting on Capitol Hill.

SOMALI - Ismail Haji, 3, a malnourished child from sits in Banadir hospital in Mogadishu after fleeing. The U.N. says a second plane has landed carrying more than 20 tons of nutritional supplements urgently needed to treat malnourished children. The World Food Program said that with the second delivery it has airlifted nearly 31 tons of ready-to-use food into Mogadishu so far.

AFGHANISTAN - A remnant from the war between the Soviet Union and the Mujahideen is marked by an old Russian tank as U.S. Marines with the 2nd Battalion 12th Marines based in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, patrol in northern Kajaki, Helmand province .

AFGHANISTAN - A remnant from the war between the Soviet Union and Afghan Mujahideen is marked by an old Russian tank as U.S. Marines with the 2nd Battalion 12th Marines based in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, patrol in northern Kajaki, Helmand province.

MALAYSIA - Mourners pay their last respects to South Vietnamese ex-leader Nguyen Cao Ky during a funeral in Kuala Lumpur,. Ky's family paid tribute to him at the tearful funeral, Urging people to remember him as a man who loved his homeland profoundly.

EGYPT - An Egyptian protester, who collapsed is carried by others at Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising, in Cairo. Thousands of Egyptians rallied in Cairo's central Tahrir Square seeking to unify their demands despite rifts over key issues between liberal activists and Islamist groups. Egyptian flag is seen at top.

EGYPT - Thousands of Egyptian protesters gather in Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising, in Cairo. Thousands of Egyptians rallied in Cairo's central Tahrir Square seeking to unify their demands despite rifts over key issues between liberal activists and Islamist groups.

CHINA - A participant wearing cosplay outfit featuring as animation characters poses on the first day of the annual Comics Festival and Game Fair in Hong Kong.

CHINA - A man light candles at the site where a high speed train crash took place a week ago in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province. As a drizzle fell, around two dozen family members gathered at the muddy spot under a viaduct from which four train cars plunged last Saturday, killing about 40 people.

CHINA - Residents place candles and flowers at the site where a high speed train crash took place a week ago in Wenzhou,Zhejiang province. As a drizzle fell, around two dozen family members gathered at the muddy spot under a viaduct from which four train cars plunged last Saturday, killing about 40 people.